Beany vs BrewGi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Beany
This app helps home baristas brew better coffee by tracking beans, dialing in grind size, and offering smart suggestions for various brew methods. It logs brews, manages bean inventory, and provides guided dial-in processes for consistent results.
- Bean tracking with origin and roast details
- Guided grind size dial-in process
- Brew timer with Live Activities
- Support for multiple brew methods
- Save and reproduce favorite recipes
- Brew history calendar heatmap
- Taste profile and origin insights
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Stop guessing. Start dialing in. Track beans, dial in your grind size, and get smart grind suggestions: all in one beautifully simple coffee journal. Built for home baristas with every brew method. Beany helps you brew better coffee, whether you're pulling an espresso shot, plunging a French press, hand-pouring a V60, or simmering moka on the stove. Log your brews, track your beans, and get real-time suggestions on what to adjust next. EVERY BREW METHOD, YOUR WAY Pick your method during setup: Espresso Machine, French Press, Pour Over, or Moka Pot. Beany tailors recipes, brewing steps, and parameters to match. GUIDED DIAL-IN FLOW Beany walks you through the dial-in process step by step. Rate your shot, tell us how it tastes, and get clear suggestions: grind finer, grind coarser, or keep your settings. No more guessing, just better espresso, shot after shot. BREW TIMER WITH LIVE ACTIVITIES Time your shots with a built-in timer that stays visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Never miss your target extraction time again. TRACK YOUR BEANS Add your coffee beans with origin, roast level, roast date, and bag size. Beany automatically calculates how much you have left based on your brews. Know exactly when it's time to reorder. YOUR FAVORITE COFFEE DRINKS Built-in recipes for Espresso, Americano, Cappuccino, Flat White, Cortado, Latte, Latte Macchiato, Lungo, Ristretto, Double Espresso, Long Black, Macchiato, and Black Coffee - each with method-aware defaults and step-by-step brewing instructions. SAVE YOUR RECIPES Found the perfect grind setting for your beans? Save it as a recipe. Track dose, ratio, brew time, and grind size so you can reproduce your best shots every time. BREW CALENDAR See your brewing history as a 68-day heatmap. Track your consistency, spot patterns, and stay motivated. YOUR TASTE PROFILE See how many light, medium and dark roasts you've tried, with every origin of your beans pinned on an interactive world map. Use the Insights filters to see the roasts and origins behind your best brews. SMART ESPRESSO SUGGESTIONS After each brew, Beany analyzes your shot rating, taste notes, and extraction time to suggest what to change. Too sour? Grind finer. Too bitter? Grind coarser. Perfectly balanced? Keep going. BACKED UP TO YOUR ACCOUNT Sign in with Apple and your beans, recipes, and brew history are saved to your Beany account. Get a new iPhone, sign in, and everything is right where you left it. --- Free to download. Beany Pro unlocks unlimited beans, multiple recipes per bean, your complete brew history, and early access to new features. Questions or feedback? I'd love to hear from you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://martinschreiter.de/beany/privacy
BrewGi
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A pour-over coffee journal for logging every brew. Record beans, grind, water, temperature and time alongside how it tasted, and time each pour with the built-in timer. As your log grows, yield and taste stats show how your coffee is changing. โ Five steps, then done Beans, brewing, tasting, rating, save. A timer is built in, so you can start it the moment you begin pouring. Add a photo and the cup is captured. โ A timer that tracks every pour Split a brew into bloom and pours, with the time and water for each. Open a saved brew and the pour guide walks you through the same timing again. โ A suggestion for your next brew Based on how you rated bitterness, acidity and body, BrewGi suggests one change to try next: water temperature or amount. Your best brew with each bean is one tap away. โ Yield and strength, calculated Enter dose, water, final beverage weight and TDS, and BrewGi computes extraction yield and brew ratio for you. No refractometer? Ratio alone is enough to get started. โ Two tasting modes Quick mode covers sweetness, acidity, body, bitterness and finish. Detailed mode follows the SCA approach with up to ten attributes across four temperature stages, so you can see how the cup changes as it cools. โ Bean collection and inventory Keep origin, process, variety, altitude and roast level (with Agtron) in one place. Add purchase amount and open date, and remaining weight and aging days are tracked automatically from your logged doses. โ Statistics that reveal your taste Yield trends, a taste radar, brewer and origin distribution, your top-rated beans. The more you log, the clearer your preferences become. โ Save recipes, brew them again Store a great extraction as a preset and load it next time. Tap "brew again" and the beans and parameters are filled in for you. โ Share your brews Share a great cup as an image card or a link. Whoever opens it can recreate the same recipe in the app. โ BrewGi Pro Read the Brewing Control Chart to spot under- and over-extraction at a glance, compare two brews side by side, and unlock full-period statistics. Cancel anytime. Available in English, Korean and Japanese. Pour-over (V60, Kalita, Chemex, Clever), AeroPress, French press, Moka pot, espresso, cold brew โ log any method. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brewgi.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Beany at none against BrewGi's shown. BrewGi's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Beany sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and BrewGi sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beany ships an update weekly, BrewGi every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beany | BrewGi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | โ |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 16.4 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Schreiter | YOUNGDO KIM |
In-app purchases
Beany
- Beany Pro$3.991 Month
- Beany Pro$39.991 Year
BrewGi
- BrewGi Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- BrewGi Pro Event Yearly$11.991 Year
- BrewGi Pro Yearly$14.991 Year









